Matheus Dantas
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matheus de Jesus Dantas | ||
| Date of birth | 5 September 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Campo Grande, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kitchee | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2014 | São Paulo | ||
| 2014–2018 | Flamengo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Flamengo | 1 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Oeste | 7 | (0) |
| 2021 | Casa Pia | 13 | (0) |
| 2021 | Estrela da Amadora | 9 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | PO Xylotymbou | 24 | (4) |
| 2024 | 1. SC Znojmo | 7 | (1) |
| 2024– | Kitchee | 18 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2025 | |||
Matheus de Jesus Dantas (born 5 September 1998) is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Early career
[edit | edit source]Born in Mato Grosso do Sul, Dantas grew up supporting São Paulo and joined the club's youth team in 2013. In the following year, he switched to Flamengo. He broke his cruciate ligament in July 2016 and was ruled out of play for seven months. In 2017, he suffered a knee injury which also put him in the sidelines.[1][2] Progressing through the youth teams, he went on to captain the under-20 team.[3]
Flamengo
[edit | edit source]2018 season
[edit | edit source]On 17 January 2018 Dantas made his first team debut coming on as a late substitute in a 2–0 win against Volta Redonda, in Campeonato Carioca.[4] On 2 May, his contract was extended until 31 December 2019.[5]
2019 season
[edit | edit source]On 5 May 2019 Dantas played his first Campeonato Brasileiro Série A match at Estádio do Morumbi against São Paulo, he started the match as head coach Abel Braga fielded the whole team with reserves, the match ended 1–1.[6]
Farense
[edit | edit source]On 21 July 2020 Farense signed Dantas from Flamengo on a free transfer.[7] Although the transfer didn't happen as he failed in the medical exams.
Oeste
[edit | edit source]On 20 August 2020, Dantas signed on a free transfer with Oeste until December 2023.[8]
Estrela
[edit | edit source]On 26 June 2021, Dantas signed a two-year contract with Liga Portugal 2 club Estrela da Amadora.[9]
Kitchee
[edit | edit source]On 15 October 2024, Dantas joined Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee.[10]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- As of 26 October 2020
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Flamengo | 2018 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oeste | 2020 | Série B | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca.
Honours
[edit | edit source]- Flamengo
- Copa Libertadores: 2019[11]
- Recopa Sudamericana: 2020[12]
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2019
- Supercopa do Brasil: 2020
- Campeonato Carioca: 2019, 2020
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External links
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- Flamengo profile
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- CR Flamengo footballers
- Oeste Futebol Clube players
- Casa Pia A.C. players
- C.F. Estrela da Amadora players
- Podosfairikos Omilos Xylotymbou 2006
- 1. SC Znojmo FK
- Kitchee SC players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Cypriot Second Division players
- Moravian-Silesian Football League players
- Hong Kong Premier League players
- Copa Libertadores–winning players
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong
- Footballers from Campo Grande
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen